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Sunday, 14 January 2018

BBC News

• A55 at Abergele set for noise reduction workThe scheme follows an announcement of similar work to be done on a stretch of the road in Gwynedd.
• Main Caerphilly road shut as part of £5m improvementThe weekend closure is part of a £5m improvement at one of the area's busiest roundabouts.
• Engineering giant GKN rejects £7bn takeover bidThe UK-based engineer whose technology is used by Airbus and Boeing says the offer undervalues the firm.
• Carillion: 'Matter of days' to stop collapseThe government is in talks over the future of the firm, which builds schools, prisons and railways.

The Herald

• Adonis: SNP should nationalise ScotRail and East Coast line, and ban Souter from rail ownershipFORMER UK transport secretary Lord Adonis has said that Holyrood could "effectively" nationalise ScotRail by adopting a system of strict state regulation.

The Scotsman

• ScotRail drafts in troubleshooter after failing to hit target ScotRail has drafted in a former rail chief to improve punctuality after it failed to hit a target last month despite an improvement plan being in force for more than a year.
• New Glasgow Queen Street Station building may be torn down A partially constructed building that forms part of Scotland’s biggest rail project faces being torn down in an extraordinary 11th-hour Scottish Government rethink.

Times Online

• BA owner IAG tells Heathrow: Sell Express rail link and focus on running airport [Subscription]The owner of British Airways has demanded that Heathrow be forced to sell Britain’s most expensive train service and focus on running the airport instead.
• Nottingham station fire: five platforms reopen as police investigate possible arsonA huge fire which caused “substantial damage” to Nottingham railway station and required more than 60 firefighters to bring under control is being treated as arson.
• David Smith: Britain does infrastructure well – let’s build on that [Subscription]Recently I was at a meeting at which someone was extolling the virtues of French infrastructure — its railways, its (toll) motorways and an energy sector that is the largest net exporter of electricity in the world.
• Ministers fear Carillion is set to crash [Subscription]Ministers are braced for the potential collapse of Carillion, one of the government’s biggest suppliers, and fear that it could fold within days.
• Carillion in last-ditch talks with Whitehall [Subscription]Carillion is this weekend scrambling to stay afloat amid warnings that it could go under within days unless it secures a financial lifeline.

City AM

• Carillion could crash into administration as early as Monday if the government doesn't back a rescue planTroubled construction firm Carillion could fall into administration as soon as Monday if the government does not back a rescue plan, according to reports.

The National

• MSP calls on CalMac and ScotRail to back Final Straw plastic campaignA POLITICIAN has urged public bodies and companies to crack down on plastic straws and other single-use plastics to save the environment.

Birmingham Mail

• Assaults, stabbings and anti-social behaviour: the grim reality of bus travel in BirminghamWe asked for your thoughts - good and bad - on bus travel across our region and THIS is how you responded

Edinburgh Evening News

• Readers react to columnist’s suggestion free over 60 bus pass not needed for all Columnist Susan Dalgety set the cat among the elderly pigeons when she wrote about not taking up her free bus pass after turning 60 . . .

Liverpool Echo

• 13 photos showing how Liverpool John Lennon Airport used to lookThese days Liverpool John Lennon Airport is a modern international airport dealing with five million passengers a year – but when it first opened it was little more than converted farm buildings with a grass strip.

London Evening Standard

• London's low-emission bus zones hailed for 'improving toxic air levels overnight'Low-emission bus zones on some of London's most polluted high streets have been praised for leading to an "overnight improvement" for toxic air levels.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• The £60bn transport revolution: Northern Powerhouse begins this week when dossier is published The Northern Powerhouse is about turning the North into something like one giant city, according to George Osborne

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham train station is fully open (but engineering works mean some services aren't running)All platforms are open at the station

Northants Evening Telegraph

• Nottingham train station fire: This is how it looks inside the buildingPart of the inside of the building remains cordoned off

Other Regional Press

• Labour protests rail fare hike in Maidenhead High StreetRail campaigners have accused the Prime Minister of forgetting ‘normal men and women’ due to the stress of Brexit negotiations.

Other News Sources

• Boat’s party trick attracts shipping fans to Fife coastThe MV Blue Marlin has been docked off the coast of Burntisland to take collection of its latest cargo, the Rowan Gorilla VI oil rig.
• Notts MP Tweets pictures of reopened train station following suspected arson attackNottingham South MP for Labour Lilian Greenwood has Tweeted pictures of what the train station looks like following the suspected arson attack.